recently i found that the iphone price in malaysia is shocking compared to the price from apple.com

few days ago my friend in malaysia(i am in US currently) asked me to buy an iphone for him in US and ship back to malaysia(unlocked or locked)
after some calculations i this is the conclusion that came out:

iphone 8GB $399USD + shipping = RM 1400
iphone 16GB $499USD + shipping = RM 1700

that is the peak price. i actually found some much more cheaper prices. my fren even bought an iphone during last xmas promotion.....u know what...
it was 150 USD less than RM 500 !!!!!!

anyway there is some problem with iphone right now. there are actually many people regrets buying it.
some of my fren even lelong their newly bought iphone for various reasons.

some people might flame me for criticizing about the price and quality. but this is just my personal thoughts. no offend

That's it for now.